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NYC Exhibit Memorializing Oct. 7 Supernova Victims Gets Extended Following ‘Vile’ Anti-Israel Protest Outside Venue
A scene from the anti-Israel protest that took place outside the exhibit “Nova: Oct. 7 6:29 AM, The Moment Music Stood Still” in New York City on June 10, 2024. Photo: Screenshot
An exhibition in downtown Manhattan that commemorates the victims of the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel has been extended for a week in response to the mob of anti-Israel protesters who took to the streets outside the exhibit on Monday night.
Anti-Israel activists lit smoke bombs and red and green flares in the colors of the Palestinian flag — in addition to waving flags of the Iran-backed terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, which both openly seek the Jewish state’s destruction — outside the exhibit “Nova: Oct. 7 6:29 AM, The Moment Music Stood Still.”
The protesters chanted “There is only one solution: intifada revolution,” “Long live the intifada,” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.” They also yelled “Israel go to hell,” burned images of the Israeli flag, and held a variety of anti-Israel signs, one of which read, “Long live October 7th.” Another sign said, “The Zionists are not Jews & not humans! They are the evil of the world!” Some protesters also reportedly verbally abused two people visiting the exhibit, calling them “dirty colonizer bi–h.”
Some anti-Israel demonstrators clashed with officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and three people were reportedly arrested. Six people were issued summonses — three for disorderly conduct and three for jumping turnstiles — the NYPD said.
A call for intifada is advocating for indiscriminate violence against Israel and potentially Jews worldwide, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
#HappeningNow Smoke bombs and flares set off outside of the Nova Exhibition, the October 7th Music Festival exhibit taking place on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/kUKpktTUmk
— Oliya Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) June 11, 2024
The exhibit, which opened on April 21 in New York City, after a 10-week run in Tel Aviv, was scheduled to close on Sunday. It honors the 364 people killed by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova festival on Oct. 7, highlights testimonies from survivors of the brutal attack, and features a photo gallery of those murdered that day. Donations from the exhibit go to the Nova Healing Journey, an initiative that supports mental health treatment for victims and families of the Oct. 7 attacks.
One of the exhibit’s organizers, Jewish music executive Scooter Braun, announced in an Instagram post that “due to the overwhelming demand and excitement” surrounding the exhibit on Monday night, it will be extended one more week until June 22 “just to make sure that everyone has a chance to visit and see for themselves.”
“And for those who chose to protest against innocent music lovers who were massacred… WE WILL DANCE AGAIN… and you are all invited,” he added. “Thank you for the inspiration. It is more important than ever that we fight for our shared humanity.”
Braun also condemned the protest in an Instagram story. “I don’t understand why protesting a memorial for innocent music lovers who were raped and butchered and kidnapped helps,” he wrote. “Go see the @novaexhibition and see the truth instead of standing outside listening to yourself.”
The protest was organized by the pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime (WOL) and took place during what organizers called a “citywide day of rage for Gaza” that began in Union Square. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and US Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) denounced the actions of the protesters on social media.
“Tonight’s vicious targeting of the exhibition is not pro-peace. It is repulsive and vile,” Levine wrote in a post on X/Twitter. “I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
Meanwhile, Torres said, “October 7 denial is but a modern mutation in the ancient DNA of antisemitism. The antisemites who deny, downplay, or defend the barbarity of Hamas are revealing themselves to be barbaric.”
US Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) described the actions of the protesters as “disgusting.”
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